Curtain-pole ring.



No. 695,3l3. Patented Mar. ll, I902.

A. HDTHAN.

CURTAIN POLE RING.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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AUGUST IIOTHAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOHN KRODEB & HENRY REUBEL (10., OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-POLE RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,313, dated March 11, 1902.

Application filed October 19,1901. Serial No. 79,234. (No model.)

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsT HOTHAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ourtain-Pole Ring, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to curtain-pole rings having iollers traveling on the pole; and the object of the invention is to provide a new and improved curtain-pole ring which is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture, andarranged to securely hold the roller-bearings in position in the ring and to insure a free rotation of the roller at all times in the bearings.

, The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the pole-ring as applied to a curtain-pole, the latter being shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the improvement on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 4: is a perspective View of one of the rollers and its bearing, and Fig. 5 is an inside view of part of the ring.

, The curtain-pole ring A for the pole B is preferably of split tubular form and carries at its lower end a ring 0 for supporting the curtain in the usual manner. One or more roller-bearings are arranged on the inside of the ring, each roller-bearing having a roller D, adapted to travel on the poleB and extending into a recess A, formed transversely on the inside ofthe ring, as plainly shown in the drawings, particular reference being had to Fig. 5. The bearing E for each roller 13 is preferably made of spring-wire and is formed with a middle or axle portion E for the roller D to turn on, and from the ends of the said axle portion extend integrally the U-shaped ends for engagement with the ring to securely hold the bearing in place on the rin The inner members E of the U-shaped ends fit into slots A formedin the ring and leading to the recess A at opposite sides thereof, and the outer members E of the bearing fit into apertures A formed in the ring at the sides of the slots A as plainly shown in Fig. 5. Each outer member E of the bearing is formed with a notch E, adapted to engage the wall of the aperture A so that when the members are sprung into position in the apertures A the said notches engage the walls to securely lock the bearing against ac cidental displacement from the ring A. The middle portion E of each of the U shaped ends of the bearingis adapted to abut against that portion of the ring lying between the corresponding aperture A and slot A so that the bearing is prevented from moving in an outward direction on the ring when pressure is applied on the ring 0 in a downward direction by the Weight of the curtain.

From the foregoing it is evident that by having the notches l1; engage the ring as described the bearing is not liable to drop accidentally out of the ring when the latter is not in use on the curtain-pole and by having the middle portions E of the bearing limit the'inward movement of the bearing, the latter is prevented from rubbing against the walls of the recess A. By having the members E E of each bearing end engage the ring as described the bearing is held securely against a transverse rocking movement, and consequently the rings hang properly in a vertical position on the curtain-pole B at all times.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A curtain-pole ring, comprising a ring having a recess at the inside,'slots leading into the recess at opposite sides, and apertures at the sides of the slots, a roller extending into the recess, and a bearing having an axle portion for the roller to turn on, and U- shaped ends integral with the axle portion; the inner members of the said ends engaging the slots, and the outer members engaging the said apertures, as set forth.

2. A curtain-pole ring, comprising a ring having a recess at the inside, slots leading into the recess at opposite sides, and apertures at the sides of the slots, a roller extending into the recess, and a bearing having an axle portion for the roller to turn on, and U- shaped ends integral with the axle portion;

the inner members of the said ends engaging the slots, and the outer members engaging the said apertures, the said outer members having notches engaging the walls of the said apertures, as set forth.

3. In a curtain-pole ring, a roller-bearing having an axle portion and the U-shaped end portions disposed in close relation to each other, and a roller mounted on said axle portion and between said end portions, whereby the U-shaped portions limit the lateral play of the roller on the axle.

4:. A slotted curtain-pole ring provided with apertures, a roller-bearing having yieldable retaining end portions on opposite sides of an axle portion and snapped into engagement with said perforated ring, and a roller mounted onthe axle portion and projecting into the slot of said ring, said bearing being provided on opposite sides of the axle portion with means for confining said roller against lateral play on said axle portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my,

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

AUGUST HOTHAN.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK HYDE, W. M. HEIDT. 

